AUCKLAND WOOL SALE.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 36, 12 February 1929, Page 8

AUCKLAND WOOL SALE.

OPENS SATURDAY WBk.

A RECORD OFFERING.

On Saturday week the second and chief wool faie of the season for tlis centre will open at the Town Hail Con cert Chamber at 1 p.m.

It is expected that the cataWn.. which is duo to close on Tliursdar till eclipse in numbers that o f *£ previously hcl<l in this city. Alre»d liT.-VHi bales have been received. *

The quality reported as being lent, and the buyers who attend will have no lack of choice in their t-earek f good lines of high grade crossbred irooL The season ha s been favourable «j sheep farmers have been able to' send the fleeces forward in capital condition It is expected that the sale will be con eluded by niidnigh: of the same dar. 1* was originally intended to start at 4 p.m.. but. in view ui the large catalogue, arrangement? have been made to starteouple of hours earlier.

A factor which may assist i n n» expeditious progress of the sale is Hat the public will not be admitted. I e the past all and sundry have been allowed in. with the re-ult that many have attended who had no special interest ia the sale, and viewed it merely at as amusing spectacle. Not only v'ett titer occasionally noisy to the detriment of brokers and buyers, but they crowded out the farmer and his friends who had a legitimate right to b<? present. To mwt this position it has been decided to prohibit general entry, but wool growers will be afforded facilities by their brokers to obtain tickets of admission. At the coming sale there are reasonable grounds for expecting satiefactorr prices, but they are not likely to be a« high as they were at the last sale. Darin* the past few weeks there has been a definite weakening tendency in the world's markets, and this is bound to be reflected at the local fixture.

The !o<al Broker* , Association fct, hor n negotiating in regard to a third -a!o. an.l it i* likely that a date for this will be fixed for April 11.